Provision-safe



(No Model.) Sheets-Sheet 1.

. J. L.KUEGHLER.

PROVISION SAFE.

No. 542,859. Patented July 16, 1895.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.. J. L. KUEGHLER. PROVISION SAFE.

UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB LOUIS KUECHLER, OF KUEOHLERS BOOST, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROVISION-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,859, dated July 16,1895.

Application filed February 26, 1895. Serial No. 539,799- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAooB LoUIs KUECH LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kuechlers Roost, near Reading, in the county ofBerks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andusefulI-mprovements in Apparatus for Preserving Food; and I dovegetables may be preserved without the use of ice. 7

It consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure lis an elevation of a structure embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is avertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the top of thestructure with the cap removed. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on theline mm of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5is

a view, on a larger scale, of a portion of the upper end of the device.

In carrying out my invention I build a foundation A of rough stone,forming a smokechamber B. vThis chamber is provided with an air tightdoor 0, having a screened opening D in its lower end, and an open spaceshould be formed in the ground around said door to provided thenecessary draft when the chamher is being used to smoke meats. Withinthis chamber I provide a series of transverse rods E, upon which themeats are hung while being smoked.

Upon the walls of the smoke-chamber I build the walls F of brick, whichmay rise to any desired height and form a narrow column, as clearlyshown, Within the column or tower thus formed and adjacent to one sidethereof I build the partition-wall G, which divides it into a smoke-flueH and a cold-air flue or chamber 1, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2.This partition-wall is supported on a a transverse supporting bar orbeam J, secured in the opposite walls of the foundation or smokechamber, and the air-chamber is separated from the said smoke-chamber byan inclined deflector K in the top of the latter chamber. This deflectorand the partition wall should be lined or covered with somenon-heat-conducting material, in order to prevent the heat which passesolf through the smoke-flue from raising the temperature of the air-flue.The upper portion of the tower formed by the outer Walls is tapered,

as shown at L, and the partition-Wall is continued within this taperedportion by metal plates M, each of which is provided with a shoulderedflange or lip N at its upper edge,

which receives and holds the lower edge of the next superadjacent plate.The draft in this extreme upper portion of the structure will be sostrong as to prevent the excessive 7o heating of the partition, and Ieffect an economy in the cost of the device as well as simplify theconstruction by employing these plates, as will be readily understood.

In the innermost wall of the air-flue 1 provide a number of air-tightdoors 0, (one for each floor of the dwelling,) and Within the said flue,at suitable intervals, I secure the transverse rods P, upon which meatsmay be suspended, or slatted platforms Q may be placed on these rods tosupport vegetables or other articles which it is desired to preserve;

In the extreme upper portion of the air-flue I provide a tank R tocontain water, and a pipe S leads downward from the same and is providedwith a faucet T at each floor to supply the water for use. In the lowerend of one of the outer walls of the air-flue I form cured to this frameand extends over the upper end of the air-flue to prevent the entranceof insects thereto. At the corners of the frame I erect the short postsor standards a, which support a small roof or cover I) to prevent snowand rain from entering the same.

A pan or vessel 0 is placed in the bottom of the smoke-chamber to holdsawdust for the purpose of making smoke when it is desired to smokemeats, as will be readily understood. The products of combustion fromthe various stoves in the dwelling may be led into the smoke-finethrough Stovepipe-holes d and pass off therethrough, if so desired.

It will be readily seen from the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, that I have provided a verysimple and efficient apparatus in which water may be kept cool fordrinking purposes and various articles of food preserved for a long timewithout the use of ice or any attention. Cold atmospherieair enters theairflne through the opening U and rises through the same, the highnarrow construction of which insures a constant and steady draft toprevent the air stagnating therein. The walls, it will be understood,are of suflicient thickness to prevent the air in the fine from beingheated.

Meats can be smoked in the smoke-chamber and then placed in the coldair-flue, Where they will be kept in good condition for a year withoutany attention. Furs and similar articles may be placed in the extremeupper portion of the cold-air flue, where they will be entirely safefrom vermin.

In winter the space between the screen and the grated bars over theopening U must be filled with straw or similar material to prevent theexcessively-cold air entering the flue and freezing the articlestherein.

My device may be built as a part of a dwelling or as an independentstructure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. A device for the purposes describedconsisting essentially of a tower-like structure provided with aninternal partition dividing it into a narrow smoke fine and a larger orcold air flue.

2. A device for the purposes described consisting of a tower-likestructure having a smoke chamber at its lower end, a vertical partitionrising from the smoke chamber, and a. deflector in the upper end of thesmoke chamber extending from one side of the same to the lower end ofthe partition.

3. A device for the purposes described consisting essentially of atower-like structure, an internal partition dividing the same into asmoke flue and a cold air flue, and a water tank in the upper end of thecold air flue having a pipe depending therefrom provided with aplurality of faucets.

4. In a structure of the characterdescribed, the combination with theouter walls, and a vertical partition forming two fines of a tieframecovering the upper edges of the same and carrying a screen covering thetop of one of the fines.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB LOUIS KUECHLER.

Witnesses:

H. P. KEISER, SAML. R. KERPER.

